Music ROCK&POP
ROCK&POP Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 18 Glasgow ■ Fire of Rome, Swallows, As Faith Fades, Set Astray and Definitions Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band bill. ■ Farewell Singapore Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Alternative and power pop sounds from Elgin’s FS launching their new single ‘La Demence’. ■ Andi Neate and Jinski Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Singer-songwriter Neate. FREE Andrea Heins Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Canadian singer/songwriter on guitar and auto-harp. ✽✽ Chad VanGaalen and Tesla Birds Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Bedroom musician and artist from Calgary. See preview, page 107. ■ Golden Grrrls and Palms The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Indie pop and noisy punk. ■ Matsuda Cafe The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 8pm. £3. Alternative music/cabaret night in the
110 THE LIST 18–25 Aug 2011
The Avett Brothers A pair of harmonising brothers from North Carolina (plus band), with a mellow alt-country sound, as demonstrated on last LP, I and Love and You. It was produced by Rick Rubin and recorded on a hillside in Malibu, but sounds like a banjo-strumming, bluegrass and folk-tinged stroll through the Deep South. ■ The Arches, Glasgow, Mon 22 Aug. (Rock & Pop). See page 113 for info on how to win tickets.
upstairs room at the Garage, featuring Spangled Cabaret regulars Scunner, plus Second Hand Marching Band, Miaoux Miaoux, Bert Finkle & Markee de Saw, Serpent and The Acid Darling. ■ The Cave Singers and The Sea Kings King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a
St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Wistful, noirish atmospheres from this Seattle bunch. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Weekly open mic. FREE Cherri Fosphate, Death by Misadventure and Visions Of Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Trio of acts play this month’s Cast the Net night. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. With a free drink for all performers. FREE Live at Lebowskis Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. Weekly acoustic showcase hosted by David Duffy.
St Andrews ■ Hotel California Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £15 (£12). Hotel California perform a range of Eagles classics and Joe Walsh and Don Henley solo works. All profits from the show go directly to Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Friday 19 Glasgow FREE The Train Wreckers Chambre 69, Stock Exchange House, 69 Nelson Mandela Place. 6pm. Groovin’, rattlin’ tunes of the 50s and 60s from the train wreckin’ duo footstompin’ Leroy Scott and gattlin’ Axe Forman. ■ Honey, Clench, Fallen on Faith and The Monty Hall Problem Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Alt and blues rocking. ■ MakethisRelate, So Many Animal Calls and Aspen Tide O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Emo, punk and hardcore sounds. ■ Meanwhile City, Big Z, Cuthbert Abernethy Quartet O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Pop punk quintet from Dunfermline headline. ■ Shatter the Sun, Bekon and Touch of Severity Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Metal bill.
■ The Jigawotts, Trade, The Hermitage, New Noise Pollution and Michelle Jean Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Indievous night of indie and alternative rock sounds. ■ The Second Hand Marching Band, Looking for Lola and The Geese Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Eighteen- piece folk dance party. The first 50 people are promised a “special treat”. ■ The Amazing Snakeheads, Selective Service and Raymond Meade Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm.
Funk/rock/reggae sounds from The Selective Service, playing acoustically. ■ Annie Stevenson, The Coffins and Contro Band The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street,
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553 1638. 8pm. Glasgow alt.rockers headline.
FREE Catcher, The Clyde and Crabbit Rabbit Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Commercial pop/rock. FREE The Dangerous Brothers Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A classic rock/metal repertoire from the Kendal-based bros. ■ The Mars Patrol King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Upbeat Edinburgh indie outfit. With The Colourful Band, DirtyFace and Endeavour.
Dunoon ■ Fish and Maranchez Queen’s Hall, Argyll Street, 01369 702800. 7pm. £17.50. The ex-Marillion singer embarks on his first far-reaching Scottish tour in over 20 years, showcasing material from his forthcoming new album A Feast of Consequences.
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Glasgow FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ✽✽ Adam Stafford, Paws, Mondegreen Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Miaoux Miaoux and